Astronomers spotted a rare event in NGC 3783 where a supermassive black hole fired an X-ray flare, then launched ultra-fast ...

Galaxy mergers are not uncommon throughout the Universe; in fact, they're thought to be one of the major mechanisms whereby ...

Astronomers were puzzled by a black hole around 50 million times the mass of the sun with no stars, spotted by the James Webb ...

In any other year, the supermassive black hole mentioned above would probably scoop the award for most striking outburst, but not in 2025. This year, that accolade goes to a flare designated ...

A black hole the mass of at least ten million suns is tearing through space, fast enough to escape its home galaxy. As it goes, it plows into thin galactic gas, piling it up into a luminous shock ...

A supermassive black hole that’s 10 million times the mass of the Sun is hurtling through space, leaving a trail of gas ...

Scientists say they've spotted the first runaway supermassive black hole that's rocketing away from its home at a staggering speed.

Astronomers have observed a star wobbling in its orbit around a ravenous supermassive black hole that is ripping it apart and feasting on its stellar material. The observation is ...

Astronomers have found a system of three supermassive black holes, all actively feeding, that appear to be combining into a ...

Astronomers have found three supermassive black holes on a collision course in a rare cosmic event, situated nearly 1.2 ...

The discovery of a hidden supermassive black hole inside an ancient galaxy suggests that some of our universe's most extreme objects could be invisible unless observed in infrared wavelengths, James ...

Astronomers have observed a star's fatal brush with a supermassive black hole, creating a tidal disruption event called AT2020afhd.